conix, It was a good article and i was just going to say that to it, then on seeing your "Jeez Louise" i thought
hang-on, conix, hookrider's comparing Trump with Merkel in that context is perfectly proper, valid and normal.
Your reaction to hookrider's is simply evidence that you for some reason still tend to defending Trump.
Think about it. There is not one good reason to defend the cretin, Not one good reason, in any way, shape or form.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”